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Location: Albany, NY and surrounding area | Schedule: Full-time, contract (3 months, potential for permanent); Monday-Friday 730am-400pm, alternating Saturdays 7am-100pm; on-site, float position | Compensation: Not specified

Overview

A healthcare services organization operating multiple patient service locations in the Albany, NY region is seeking a Phlebotomist to join its lab team. This is a contract opportunity with potential for permanent placement, supporting specimen collection operations across several nearby sites.

What you'll do

• Perform blood draws, label specimens, centrifuge specimens, and record maintenance data and decontamination activities
• Collect and store specimens according to established procedures
• Clearly and courteously explain the venipuncture process and other specimen collection methods (e.g., urine or fecal) as required
• Demonstrate technique using straight needles and/or butterfly needles
• Fully understand and follow physicians' orders
• Match laboratory requisition forms to specimen tubes
• Label, centrifuge, split, and freeze specimens as required by test order
• Check all test requisitions or computer labels against scripts to ensure 100% accuracy
• Package specimens for transport
• Store specimen samples at required temperatures, place samples in appropriate collection containers/tubes, accurately label, and follow protocol-specific procedures to maintain specimen integrity during transport
• Understand and comply with OSHA and DEP regulations
• Attend annual department trainings
• Answer telephone calls and read laboratory results to satisfy inquiries
• Travel between multiple assigned sites as a float position, potentially working an 8-hour shift anytime between 630am-530pm, with a 5-hour shift on alternating Saturdays (every 2 weeks) from 7am-1pm

Required qualifications

• Valid Phlebotomy certification for the state of employment, as required in some states
• Minimum of 6 months' work experience performing venipunctures in a fast-paced lab or hospital setting
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• High School Diploma or GED
• Clean driving record
• Reliable transportation

Compensation and benefits

• Benefits are available
• Mileage expenses paid

Why this role

This position offers an immediate contract opportunity with potential for permanent placement, along with available benefits and paid mileage for travel between sites.